Effectiveness of triple positive parenting program based on Iranian culture on mother- child relationship and children's academic achievement

Regarding the importance of positive parenting and mother-child relationship in future social and academic life and prevention of behavioral disorders among children, this research aimed to assess the effect of group hurturing of positive child training with respect to Iranian culture on academic achievement and child-mother relationship.
This clinical trial conducted in academic year of 2014-2015 and the participants included 30 mothers who had daughters studying in the 3rd grade of elementary school of the 6th region of Mashhad city. These participants selected through available method then they were divided into two groups randomly (interventional and control groups). The interventional group was trained with the positive parenting program for 4 weeks (two 90 minutes sessions weekly) and control group did not received any intervention. Data gathered by child-mother relationship evaluation and educational mark list. Data analyzed by descriptive statistics and ANCOVA.
There were significant differences between two groups in the average of acceptance and overprotection subscales (p=0.0001, p=0.006) but the differences in other subscales including radical irresponsiblelity and rejection and academic improvement were not significant (p=0.407, p=0.875 and p=0.08).
It seems that the positive parenting program approach based on Iranian culture can improve mother-child relationship.